Dictionary › 缑
缑
gōu
What 缑 means
- rope attached to a sword hilt
- archaichilt
- sword
Other readings
Characters built on 侯
These share the phonetic component 侯 (hóu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
Sounds the same
Read gōu, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 沟ditch; gutter; groove
- 勾to attract; to arouse; to tick
- 钩to hook; to sew; to crochet
- 篝bamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
- 枸bent; crooked
- 佝used in 佝偻; Taiwan pr. kòu
- 韝archer's arm guard
- 句variant of 勾
- 鞲variant of 韝
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